Hair-waving device



HAIR WAVING DEVICE Filed Jan, 18, 1924 INVENTOR Ernest Una 961 Perm-T,"ge

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mwim y I pQliGQflOfl-lkd. Janufii-yfigdbfil; Serial 86,686,988. ITo-all atahoggya't may-concern: crimping 021-. otherwise closing the 'hea Be itkn'own thatLEmer Use a-cfluate-boarder metal tube vusually 'ein loye zen of: the States,- and' re'si, ent of- The" utilization vof the steam pa itseli New Yorkcit ,inj'the. county of York as the means for 010s an endof the porand-State of ew :Y rk,have'inventtd eertion of thehair' coilun er treatment is conto t'ainnew and'useful 'Improyements in Hairyeniently attained by providing a border Wav ing' Dg ieeg-of whichfitl ie following-"is I edge t -th p d whighgdgg wilibeime oi a a specification." v j l the hamtreatmgsubstancewhichis usually The nvention rlatesgm general to a in the; form of a flat cak Reducing the vice'for enclosing hair in treating the same, thickness of. an edge of the'pad provides an 65 V and-speclfically relates to an improvedsfiorm end to the pad when wrapped intb its usual oi composition padi-jcommonly known" asgg cylindrical form and which end will' be expad-used in treating and protecting tremely flexible and easily crushed or 'tl1'e;hair whilepra'cticing t e art of perma c 'mp'ed onto the, uncoiled 'ortion of the lfiynentohairiwaving. strand adjacent themed r 79' intheart'of germanently waving hair vA; incident to the process ofpermanenton a -persons liea hairy? 1!; is a usual practice to ing', it is. usual to subject the hair. a strand of hair A on' a waving rod toa h0t"\f@-POY, treatment. identified as a. B, to protect the hair,under treatment 'with' steaming\gperation. Extremelyi, hig'h- I 2' certain'proteeting substances; usually-a mix-x temperature'sf arell above: the boiling point-'76 ,r turepf salinepowders', hereinafter referred of water, are utilized in this treatment and" to as a hair treating substance ormaterial, extreme care must. be, utilized toprevent anyf and then to-subject the hair to an intense accidental overheatin ,of they hair; One heating while enciosedby an electric heater. means for attaining t is is to, insure the. At prese'ntf-the 'hair-heati materials are maintenancelofa'moistconditionconfined to1 9 conveniently contained j .en'velope to. the portion of he steam pad which contacts form'a'prepared pad g g ped about..the1 coiled' iggrhbn-of the hair temptsl i'aye been-made to,coneerv'e..the availand held in place by a usually formed ablemoisture. j l of p ast board; and ovefl ihich paste-board Accordin ly,- another 'ohjeet-of the inven- 85 mbe is sli fged an electric.heater. In order tion is to' provide an improved form 0 mldoseitlge Mappings .thus formed at the steam'padywhich will possess all of the ad-. end adjacent the head, it is a usual practice vantages of the present conventional form 't crim the paste-board'tube and to close ofpad and whichadditionallywjll 'pr'ovide 8,5 the same on to the tuncoiled end of the means'fq i ngi wm 9 hair is not alwayss'atisfactory;

. tion is to 'm-p11fy and to ren er, more posiment's o five than retofore the closing of the coiled e'nt disc strand by means of a tied string, or by the dispensing moisture to the'encl hair coil use of some form of closing clip. This close when the same Becomes, dry incidental to thefl 1 .ing of the end which is necessary to retain" heating step ofthe hair waving operation; the steam and-vapor in contact with the Broadly this phase'nf'the invention leakage octained 'by incorporatingi'n the flexible awn- 95. pad of a porous material ,which hashigh capaoity for moisture absorption. One substancewhi'ch peculiarly nieets'the requiref this situation isflann'el; --The p'res- .e losure accordingly featuresa steam cursand besides it is difiicult and cumber some to crimp'the heavy paper tube.

The primaryphject of the resent 1nvenortion o the hair strand withinnthesteani pad which is formed initially of a plurality- I I teetio'n of the contained hair.

ad yv'hile providing for the maximum pr) disuperposed layers ofiflexible material and I,

g orje'ofwhieh layers includes a strip of flanf th j n'ef fertile: purpose of absorbing water and h h Broadly I attam t 1S P 856 o thus constituting, when'wetted and heated,

' -te dd t on by QIQVldlD a form of s am P! raa-sourcevof Steam supplyposltmnedjlmme;

- (1 th U'l o 4 go r lci n gf tfid li aif' st r d ddft he e nds ifiiy iii-g dia tely adjacent the coiled halr'ywhichitiis 'gcrim mtoaecm'e agement with the y I I e irtion of t e -strand adjacent- .Vaiiiou'otherobwctsand advantages of I e M meanw i e-$ hee -P i l whichfj finyetted; wrap-o with the Oiledst-rand and nume'rous at an inspection ofthe accompanying drawings and in part will be more fully set forth in-"the following particular description of one form of mechanism embodying my invention, and the inventionalso consists in certain new and novel featuresof construction and combination of partshereinafter setforth and claimed:

- In the accompanying. drawings:

Figure '1 is avie'w in axial sectionof-a hair containing unit in ition' for coilipg a-strand of hair and inc uding a steam p -constituting a" preferred embodimentof the invention and wrapped cylindricalform about the hair.

Figure 2 is a rspective view of a pad in its original atpunwrapped condition, and with parts broken away to show the several layers composing the same; I

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view taken onthe line 3-3 of Figure 1 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows,

Figure 4 is a perspective view of. the tube closing and 'pad crimping cap.

In the drawings and referring particular lyto the showing of the complete hair protecting unit in Figure 1 it is noted that the strand of hair A includesa coiled portion '6 and that the portion 1) between thecoiledportion and the head is uncoiled. straight and is formed usually of the thiclmess. of a ,thin lead pencil.

The pad 10 which is marketed in the flat rectangular shape shown in Figure 2 is rolled so as to extend about both the coiled and 'uncoiled portion of the strand. One novel feature of this a disclosure is that the protecting steam pad encircles both the coiled and uncoiled parts of thestrand and extends beyond the adjacent end of the rod which is contained entirely within the tube E. Over the steam pad is telescoped a tube E, which is usually ;'of paste-board and the end adjacent the head is closed by a closing cap or 'clip F. It-is understoodthat the heater which is usually'of a spool shaped form is slipped over the tube E and slides down towards the head as close as is convenient or desirable.

Referring to the prepared pad 10 it is noted that it follows somewhat conventional structure in that it includes a flat envelope of textile material, such as muslin, comprising an outer layer 11 and an inner layer 12. overlapping to form a turned edge 1;;

' uand having the other three edges secured by lines of stitchings 14. The envelope con? tains a hair treating substance usually. a saline powder and preferably ;in the form of a flat cake. Centrally positioned within the cake is a layer of flannel 15 which thus forms an outer layer 16 of powder and a similar inner layer 17 separatcdhy the flan nel. It is within the scope of this disclosure to soak the flannel in a solution of the hair protecting material so that the flannel may in Figure 1.

lVhile it is requiredsimp'ly"that-the edge :become impregnated with :the material.

However, it'is preferable'to have the flannel" free of filling material so that it mag absorb water to its maximum capacity. T e inner side ofthe pad is designed to contact with the hair and has its muslinside 12 hacked by-a layer of absorbent paper 18 and the outsideof the pad, that is the side which is designed'to be enga'ed by the tuhe E and clip F, is formed 0 some suitable form of .non-lea'k paper 19.- The paper 19- is preferably of such character as will provide D a slippery surface.

It is a feature of this disclosure thatthe. cake of hair treating substance is confined to the center of the pad so" as to leave a marginal portion. 20 which does not conthe edge which is designed to enclose the uncorl ed portion D of the hair extremely tain any of the bulky powder.- This leaves flesible and easily crimped about the bait This construction permits the tying of the projecting portion of the pad onto the un-- coiled part of the strand or the engagement of tlns part by means of a clip as illustrated which extends, through the'clip F be reduced in thickness and .made flexible the device disclosed has its opposite edge 21 similarly tend about the strand portion D and as close as desired to the head of'the person under treatment. The reduced end of the pad is then crim edabou'. the strand D and secured in itstu closing position by tying the end with a string as sugges ed at 22 or by means of a clip as showmat be right of Figure .1. stood that the bore ofthe pad containing the hair forms, in effect, a 'closed steam j space. .the pad and closing clip. It is i The tube E is thentelesconed onto :rstood When so closed it will be underthat the non-leak papercovering to the pad provides a slippery {surface which facilitates the easy insertion and removing of' the tube E.

It is a feature ofathis disclosure that th tube' E can be brought up closer to the head than is possible with similar devices now known, and in this-way the resulting wave in the treated hairlcan be brought up close to the head. A suitable electric heater, (not shown) is positionedon the tube E and the assemblage-is ready for the heattreatment.

' During this heat treatment steam will form in the stea..: chamber about the coilednuance B strand and little if any of this steam escapes. It has been found-that using the flannel insert maintains a' constant supply of moisture so that by the use of the pad herein disclosed it is possible to maintain a limited but constant supply of moisture to compensate for an of the steam which may escape from the evice.

Due to the tight closing of the ends of the pad about the hair strand, :1 close pack- 4 ing 1s provided and possibility of steam es- 1 permits the tube E to be caplng onto the head is practically eliminated. Using the pad disclosed results in a saving of time in the operation due among other reasons to the fact that the non-leak paper defining the outer surface of the pad uickly removed and the usual freezing as been eliminated. J Having thus described my invention, I claim i l. A unit for use in waving hair comprising a pad for enclosing a coiled strand 0-! hair, said pad having an end 1portion for encircling a straight part of the air strand adjacent the c'o1l,.a closing clip for crimping the rtion into engagement with said port an a tube,enclosing the coil and act- 2. A unit for use in waving hair comprisigg a waving rod adapted to have a coil.

on the rod .and in, telescopic engagement with the clip to hold the same in vplace. 1 8. A'unit for use in waving hair com rising a. rod adapted to have a strandof air with a part coiled on the rod and'a straight partextendin from the coiled a coiled an art, .a ad inclosing' bot the coiled and t e straight parts, of'the hair strand, a tube telescoping the. part of the pad enclosing the coiled hair ands. clipffor closin an end-of the pad about thc'straight part 0 the hair strand and for closing one end of said tube.

' 4. unitl'or-use in waving hair comprisln'g avpad adapted to be wrapped about .a'

; coiled gart of a strand of hair and having a ailltcd to be wrapped about the unof the strand a tube for enclosing.

part a the'coiled part and a clip for engaging the part of the pad wrapped about the uncoiled part and-closing hot the engaged and of v the padand the tube and in frictional-engagemen't with the tube.

5. A unit for use in waving hair-comprisigg a -pad adapted to be wrapped about a C sled part of a strand of hair and having a part adapted to be wrapped about thevun having a slippery surface, a tu of hair treatlngsu ingeto secure the clip in place closing the tu Y ad and a tube pad enclosing-the part of the hair coil wrapped tide.

coiled end of the strand, the outer surfaceof said pad being formed of a flexible material for enclosing the coiled part of the strand and easily slidable over said slippery surface, and a closure having a telescopic fit in the tube and'engaging the flexible material of the pad enclosing the uncoi led end of the strand to close one end of the pad.

6. A steampadrfor use inwaving hair comprising an envelope formed of textile material, a hair treating substance Within the envelope and a layer of flannel within the substance spaced from opposite faces thereof and adapted to secure and retain moisture when in use and to feed the same to the substance. i

7. A flat steam pad for use in waving hair comprising an envelope formed of textile material, a layer of'a rbent lpaper within the envelope, 9. in or o flanne and a layer,

layerand one side of the envelope, -8. A flat steam pad for use in waving hair ance between said paper comprising an envelope formed of textile Y material, a'layer of absorbent the envelope, a layer of. flanne a layer of hair treating substance between said layer and oneside of the-envelope sail a lager of non-leak paperon the outer face 0 said side of the envelope. 9, A flat steam pad inc udin 'an cnvelo formed of textile m'atcriaha y of hair treating substance within. the clinic moisture absorbing means within sci body surrounded thcrcb and-adapted, when the is subjected a) condense the steam, absorb some of the resulting moisture and feed the same to said eulnitanee.

10. steam p'ad for use in waving hair comprising an envelope, a hair treating sub stance contained therein, and moisture absorbing means within the substance for receiving and storing moisture and for gradually. feeding the moisture to thev substance as 11. A steam pad including an inner layer of flannel having a hair treating substance on oppositesides thereof, a layer of abcorbentpa' r on one side of inner layer and a layer o non-leak paper on the opposite per within and 1-2. A steam pad which when flat is formed of a series of superposed layers comprisin a layer of muslin, a'sheet of absorbent papei",

a hairjtreating substance, a layerof flannel,

ERNEST UNGER. 

